The first week figures are in — and Cardi B has snagged her second number one debut with I Am The Drama , which garnered 146 million streams, according to data from Luminate. The album’s performance comes after Cardi B successfully executed a masterclass in album roll-outs , converting the interest in her own life into fodder for promotion. The high-flying debut marks Cardi’s second consecutive Number One album after Invasion of Privacy , which opened atop the charts in 2018.

“Cardi B returning to the top of the Billboard 200 after seven years is more than a chart victory — it’s proof of her cultural staying power,” Cardi’s manager Shawn Holiday, of Full Stop management, tells Rolling Stone .

Am I The Drama? garnered 200,000 sales equivalents, which include streams, bundles, a

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